Microsoft is hosting its Build 2018 developer conference this week in Seattle. And of course, Thurrott.com is in town.
It’s going to be a busy couple of days. Indeed, Brad, Rafael, and I already had a busy couple of days: We recorded what I believe will be one of our most iconic videos yet over the weekend. But here’s what you can look forward to in the short term.
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Microsoft is providing lengthy keynote addresses on both Monday (at least three hours) and Tuesday (two hours), and you can watch both of them live here. Each keynote begins at 8:30 am PT/11:30 am ET.
Monday’s keynote focuses on the cloud, while Tuesday’s focuses on Microsoft 365, meaning Office 365, Windows 10, and Enterprise Mobility + Security. So from the perspective of Thurrott.com and our readers, Tuesday is the far more interesting of the two. That said, you can expect some big news stories and commentaries today, too. And we’ll cover all of the relevant new information as needed.
Mary Jo Foley and I are recording Windows Weekly live from Build again, but because of the logistics of the show, we don’t have a stage or open venue for others to join us, sorry. But if you want to watch it live online, you can do so at twit.tv/live today (Monday) at 3:00 pm PT/5:00 ET (not our normal day/time).
Mary Jo and I are also hosting a meet-up on Tuesday evening, and everyone is invited. It’s being held at the Pine Box Bar on Capitol Hill from 6:00 to 8:00 PT. See you there!
Stooks
<p>Microsoft has truly become the next IBM. Nothing at this conference will be consumer facing. </p><p><br></p><p>There is nothing wrong with that, but I know lots of consumers that watch the Apple or even the Google events because there are things that consumers will see that are coming and because of this they get all the hype/press from these events.</p><p><br></p><p>If you are in IT and support Microsoft Products then this will possibly be interesting. If you do not use Azure and are still a On-Prem shop with your Microsoft products….I doubt any of this will make you happy.</p>
Bats
<p>Wow…I got alot to watch on Tuesday, for both Build and Google IO. </p><p><br></p><p>To be honest, I'm looking forward to the latter, because what Google comes out with is more fun and useful.</p>